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looking for alternatives to upstream bundled non-free fonts
by Dominik 'Rathann' Mierzejewski 12 Oct '25

12 Oct '25

Hi! I'm attempting to package OpenBoard[1]. Upstream bundles the following fonts: - urw (unused) - Andika Basic (Andika upstream recommends Andika New Basic instead) - BSTGreek (unknown source, possibly [2], font metadata says Public Domain) - Écolier court - EcritureA+B (non-free, under CC-BY-ND-3.0) - GE Typo Libre (unknown license, possibly CC0, like its successor NE FR Typo Libre) Andika and Écolier are free and included in Fedora, so I can just unbundle them, but the others are a problem. Can anyone suggest free alternatives? Thanks in advance. Regards, Dominik [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401199 [2] https://www.biblestudytools.com/resources/bst-greek-hebrew-fonts.html -- Fedora https://fedoraproject.org Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic. -- from "The Sayings of Muad'Dib" by the Princess Irulan

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considering a new home for fonts-rpm-macros
by Jens-Ulrik Petersen 18 Sep '25

18 Sep '25

(I opened a pagure ticket about this too: https://pagure.io/fonts-rpm-macros/issue/26) Since the git repo for fonts-rpm-macros has been out of sync for 5+ years now due to the Fedora package reverting back to 2.0 at that time. We have been thinking it would be better to fork a new branch and probably also move to a new repo at the same time given that Fedora use of pagure.io is being replaced with Fedora Forge <https://forge.fedoraproject.org/> soon. My thought is roughly that we should fork off the current main branch from the 2.0.5 tag (corresponding to the current fedora tarball) and then cherry pick recent commits and/or apply patches from the Fedora package to create a new repo in sync with what is currently being shipped. Given that it is an official Fedora project it seems most natural to either host it in the new Fedora Forge (Forgejo), or gitlab.com/fedora or possibly github. One consideration brought up was CI, though currently there isn't any but I don't know how much we will lean on that. Any thoughts or particular suggestions? Jens

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Variable fonts
by Benson Muite 09 Sep '25

09 Sep '25

Am reviewing amir-samaano-fonts [1], which includes a variable font. When both variable and fall back regular fonts are packaged, some applications such as Inkscape may have difficulty indicating which fonts are available. If just a variable font is packaged, Inkscape and other applications such as Abiword, Gimp and Krita, seem to be ok and give reasonable options for thin, medium and bold weights and for italic and underline. Application support is evolving. Should packagers choose to either package the variable fonts or the classical fonts, or if both are offered, make them conflicting separate packages? The current release does not have good support for color fonts, for example try Kalnia Glaze Fonts[2], but support for these is still growing in applications outside of web fonts. 1) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2330850 2) https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/fed500/fmedrano-kalnia-glaze-fonts/

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Fedora 43 i18n test week from 9th Sept
by Parag Nemade 07 Sep '25

07 Sep '25

Hi all, We will be having the Fedora 43 i18n test week starting 9th September. Check details about this test week event at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2025-09-09_I18N_Test_Day wiki page. You can submit your results on page https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/testday/5 You can download the latest working Workstation/Silverblue/Kinoite iso from https://www.happyassassin.net/nightlies.html page also. Do join us and provide your testing feedback. Thank you. Regards, Parag

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Fontra font editor in Fedora
by Anirban Mitra 28 Aug '25

28 Aug '25

I have recently wrote a guest blog post regarding using Fontra open source font editor in Linux [1]. There I have wished Fontra be made available in repository of all major Linux distributions including Fedora. Any guidance from Fedora fonts community on how it can be packed for Fedora is highly appreciated Dr Anirban Mitra 1. https://blog.fontra.xyz/blog/linux-support/

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Can someone help me package nerd-conts?
by yoong jin 27 Aug '25

27 Aug '25

i need help packaging https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/blob/master/patched-fonts as it has way too many font fpackage generation can be done, i need help to do it. thanksaces , and unless sub

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Is ttx XML formal can be considered a source format?
by Anirban Mitra 20 Aug '25

20 Aug '25

I have created a color variable font [1] using fully open source tools. But want to make it available in copr. However as per fedora rules for packaging, font must be compiled from source. However my open source toolchain consists of creating a python virtual environment, installing the open source tools like opentypesvg and nanoemoji in that environment and then convert Fontforge sources into a color variable font. However such a workflow is not possible in Fedora. However fonttools ttx files are generated in the process which is XML representation of the binary font file. My question is can ttx format be considered source format? If acceptable then fonts can be generated in a single step using fonttools which is available in Fedora repository. Dr Anirban Mitra 1. https://github.com/mitradranirban/rangeen

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Licensing declarations in font spec files
by Benson Muite 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hi, Am reviewing: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2257137 the font is under OFL-1.1-RN license, but the conf file is under MIT. Should the spec file contain %global fontlicense OFL-1.1-RFN %license MIT %global fontlicenses fonts/LICENSE.txt if not, where should the conf file license declaration be made? Benson

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Variable fonts
by Benson Muite 09 Jun '25

09 Jun '25

Are there any recommendations for packaging variable fonts in Fedora? OpenSuse seems to have support for them: https://src.opensuse.org/pool/cyreal-lora-fonts/src/branch/factory/cyreal-l… Benson

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Fedora 42 i18n test week from 4th March
by Parag Nemade 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

Hi all, We will be having the Fedora 42 i18n test week starting 4th March. Check details about this test week event at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2025-03-04_I18N_Test_Day wiki page. You can submit your results on page http://testdays.fedorainfracloud.org/events/210 You can download the latest working Workstation/Silverblue/Kinoite iso from https://www.happyassassin.net/nightlies.html page also. Do join us and provide your testing feedback. Thank you. Regards, Parag

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